I never thought that I would be a mum probably because of some of my ghosts in the nursery but then I fell in love hard and fast with Dexter's father. The relationship is fragile and robust at the same time isn't itYeah you don't want to blur those boundaries because maybe it would just all fall down yeahIt really made me laugh that bit because I think she said I didn't think you ate or slept or there was one I think there's one moment I discuss in thereOne of my patients imagines that I never leave the room and that I have a pullout bed so we hadObviously that was early days and as time went on she could you know accept that I had
This week on the Penguin Podcast, Isy Suttie talks to author and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung. Maxine joins us to discuss her latest book, What Women Want, an intimate examination of female desire.
The two also discuss the importance of making time for yourself, the impulse to keep busy for fear we may break down, why many of our coping mechanisms are developed in childhood, and why eye contact is essential when sharing intimate information.
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